Skimmer golf game



March 7,. 395 E. J. MILLER SKIMMER GOLF GAME Filed Nov. 25, 1946 16 gamma tom Patented Mar. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to a game of skill somewhat on the order of golf, but using thin fiat disks, shells or other buoyant missiles instead of golf balls, the disks being sent off by a blow from w an ordinary golf stick to skim over the water,

the number of touches of the disk as it skims the top of the water making up the score.

Instead of an ordinary tee, a slanting delivery board for carrying the disk is provided and from which the disk is sent off.

In the drawing one embodiment and some modifications of my invention have been illustrated.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an inclined delivery board from which the disk is sent off;

Figure 2 a section in a vertical plane along line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a modification showing a side view of a horizontal delivery board with a tee in the form of an upstanding coiled spring for carrying the flat disk;

Figures 4 and 5 show in top plan elevation and side view respectively, a delivery board similar to the construction shown in Figure l and Figure 2, with a swiveled block for supportin the disk.

In the drawing like numerals relate to the same details in the different views.

Referring first to Figures 1 and 2, numeral It shows the base or flat board which, in the use of the invention, is placed directly on the ground at the shore of a lake or beach of the sea. Upon this base It is hinged, as at H, a delivery board 52, slanting upwardly about 15 to 30 degrees, adjustable by a coiled spring i3 inserted between the two boards in a long slit M on the base Ill by screw stud 55. In order to set up friction with the ground and prevent slipping, the base l8 may be provided with a number of pegs Iii.

In playing the game, the device is set up near the water with the open jaw of the delivery board facing the water. A round or oblong fiat disk i1 is thereupon placed near the edge of the delivery board 42 and by using a golf club H3 or similar implement to deliver a blow against the rear edge of the disk, the disk is sent skimming over the water. The disk will then take several jumps or follow a wavy path over the water, until it finally settles down thereon. The number of skips and jumps from contact with the water are then counted, to make up the score. The game is usually played with ten disks for each player and the total number of such contacts added together for each player determining which one is the winner.

Instead of flat round disks, the game may be played with oblong missiles, clam shells, fiat stones or the like.

The device shown in Figure 3 is a slight simplification of the one described. The same has the same kind of base It] on feet or pegs I 6 with spring 13 and screw stud IE, but no delivery board. The disk i! is instead placed directly on top of the coiled spring l3 from which it is sent oif by a blow from the golf stick I 8. The supporting spring I 3 will then vibrate back and forth but gradually regain its upright position for the next shot.

In Figures 4 and 5, still another modification is shown although the base It], delivery board l2, spring 13, hinge I! and pegs I6 are the same. The difference consists in the provision of a weighted tumbler or block 29 hung on a pivot pin 2| so as to remain in upright position even when the disk IT is placed on top thereof. The tumbler or block hangs freely in a rectangular opening 22 provided in board I2, so that it may describe a complete somersault, when the blow is delivered, and then immediately returned to upright position, ready for the next shot.

It is to 'be understood that the invention as herein disclosed may be varied from the details described and shown without departure from the spirit of the subjoined claim.

It is pointed out that the spring I 3, in order to regulate the angular inclination of the board i2, is attached to said board by a bolt or screw stud [5, in an oblong hole or slit M, in the middle of the board. By this means, the regulating spring l3 may be shifted back and forth on said 6 board to give the desired inclination of 15 or more degrees of the board. This variable inclination being necessary to change delivery for different tides or according to the players own requirement. Depending on the manner be delivers a strike, causing vibration of the board, governs the number of contacts of the missile with the water.

I claim:

A game device of the character stated designed to be played with an aerial missile, comprising a relatively long, wide and fiat base designed to be disposed for use fiat upon the ground, a relatively long missile supporting board disposed upon the base and hingedly secured across one end to the base, said board being of materially less length than the base and disposed with the end edge remote from the secured end substantially flush with an end edge of the base, the base being provided with a longitudinally extending slot beneath said board at approximately midway be- 3 4 tween its ends, an upstanding stud extending UNITED STATES PATENTS through said slot and adapted for movement longitudinally thereof but held against Withdrawal ggg gg N W g i upwardly through the slot, the slot length being 1744649 Lecm 1930 in the direction of the length of the board, and 5 9 Memo a coil spring resting upon the base over the slot 1856259 Lyons 5 and connected with said stud, the upper end of 1976316 Witelav; g 1934 the spring having the board resting thereon, the spring being adjustable with the stud lengthwise FOREIGN PATENTS of the board whereby to support the board at dif- 10 Number Country Date ferent degrees of inclination. 9,081 Great Britain A D 1899 EDWARD J. MILLER.

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